Language:
English
Year of publication:
2022
Titel der Quelle:
Vetus Testamentum
Angaben zur Quelle:
72,2 (2022) 183-190
Keywords:
Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
;
Oracles Biblical teaching
;
Elam
Abstract:
Jeremiah 49:38, the penultimate verse in the Bible’s only prophecy against Elam, reads: “Then I shall set my throne in Elam and exterminate king and princes from there—declares Yhwh.” It is argued here that the verse has two plausible and quite different meanings, that it was designed to convey both, and that as such it is a deliberately ambiguous oracle.
DOI:
10.1163/15685330-bja10049
URL:
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